Sher Afghan Quli Khan was a Mughal courtier and the first husband of Mehrunissa (who would later rule India as Nur Jehan). Like his wife, Sher Afghan was a Persian immigrant who feld to India after a fall from grace at the court of the Shah. He was the father of Mehrunissa's only child, a daughter, named Ladli Begum, who would eventually marry Prince Shahryar, a younger son of Jahangir, and rival to Shah Jahan. The Persians of Iran are an Iranian people who speak Persian and often refer to themselves as ethnic Iranians as well. ... She was daughter of Nur Jahan and Sher Afgan and wife of Prince Shehryar. ... Nuruddin Jahangir (August 31, 1569 - October 28, 1627) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until 1627. ... Ghiyasuddin Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan. ...